Harrison Ford is set to star in the upcoming film Manhunt.
Ford will play the main character, Col. Everton Conger, who leads a team investigating the assassination of US president Lincoln. The film will be produced by Lawrence Bender, with a script by Mike Rich (The Rookie, Finding Forrester), and will focus on the days following the President's murder in 1865. Fans will be able to watch the New York cavalry as they try to unravel the mystery surrounding the event, which eventually leads then to John Wilkes Booth, discovering a plot to bring the nation to war along the way.
Manhunt is based on James L. Swanson's, novel "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer," a day-by-day account of the search for Booth, which will be published in February. | 
